Bihar polls: Election posters, banners removed from Patna Airport

Patna: All poll banners and posters were today removed from the premises of Patna Airport here, a day after grand alliance moved Election Commission for removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit

PTI [ Updated: October 15, 2015 17:10 IST ]

bihar polls election posters banners removed from patna airport

Patna: All poll banners and posters were today removed from the premises of Patna Airport here, a day after grand alliance moved Election Commission for removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah's posters, saying they are "flagrant violation of norms".

"All election banners and posters have been removed from the premises," Deputy General Manager, Patna Airport N K Chaudhary told PTI. He said the action was taken in accordance to the rules.

But, Bihar Election Office said it would ask the Airport authority as to why was it not followed earlier? "We will certainly query Patna Airport authority about not following their own rules of not allowing posters and banners of elections," Additional Chief Electoral Officer R Lakshmanan said.

Leaders of the grand alliance had yesterday petitioned the EC in Delhi seeking the removal of banners and posters of the Prime Minister and the BJP chief from the Patna airport.